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*** JACKPOT ALERT*** SATURDAY’S ® JACKPOT AT $675 MILLION!

(AUSTIN) – The estimated annuitized Powerball® jackpot for Saturday’s drawing is a record-breaking $675 million if there is no winner for tonight’s drawing. Strong ticket sales have continued to increase the jackpot amount, which is currently an estimated $500 million for tonight’s drawing.

“Saturday’s jackpot will be the largest jackpot of any U.S. lottery game on record,” said Gary Grief, executive director of the Lottery and chair of the Powerball game group.

Top 10 Powerball Jackpots Rank State Prize Amount Draw Date Game 1 ??? $675.0 million Jan. 9, 2016 Powerball 2 FL $590.5 million May 18, 2013 Powerball 3 AZ, MO $587.5 million Nov. 28, 2012 Powerball 4 TX, NC, PR $564.1 million Feb. 11, 2015 Powerball 5 MN, NJ, NJ $448.4 million Aug. 7, 2013 Powerball 6 CA $425.3 million Feb. 19,2014 Powerball 7 SC $399.4 million Sept. 18, 2013 Powerball 8 NE $365.0 million Feb. 18, 2006 Powerball 9 CA, OR $340.0 million Oct. 19, 2005 Powerball 10 NJ $338.3 million March 23, 2013 Powerball

Top 10 U.S. Lottery Jackpots Rank State Prize Amount Draw Date Game 1 ??? $675.0 million Jan. 9, 2016 Powerball 2 KS, IL, MD $656.0 million March 30, 2012 3 CA, GA $648.0 million Dec. 17, 2013 Mega Millions 4 FL $590.5 million May 18, 2013 Powerball 5 AZ, MO $587.5 million Nov. 28, 2012 Powerball 6 TX, NC, PR $564.1 million Feb. 11, 2015 Powerball 7 MN, NJ, NJ $448.4 million Aug. 7, 2013 Powerball 8 CA $425.3 million Feb. 19, 2014 Powerball 9 FL, MD $414.0 million March 18, 2014 Mega Millions 10 SC $399.4 million Sept. 18, 2013 Powerball

Tonight’s jackpot started at $40 million on Nov. 7, 2015, and is the result of 17 drawings with no

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*** JACKPOT ALERT*** SATURDAY’S POWERBALL® JACKPOT AT $675 MILLION!/Page 2 jackpot winner. Powerball jackpots start at $40 million and roll until the jackpot is won. Players win the jackpot by matching five numbers from a field of 69 numbers and one Powerball number from a field of 26 numbers. Drawings are broadcast each Wednesday and Saturday at 10:12 p.m. CT.

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